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Charonia (triton)
Taxonomy
Charonia was named by Gistel (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp-u R]. It is extant. Its type is Murex tritonis.
It was assigned to Cymatiidae by Abbass (1967), Marasti (1973) and Ladd (1982); to Ranellidae by Lozouet (1998), Todd (2001) and Wienrich (2001); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cymatiinae by Wilson (1993) and Beu (2005).
It was assigned to Cymatiidae by Abbass (1967), Marasti (1973) and Ladd (1982); to Ranellidae by Lozouet (1998), Todd (2001) and Wienrich (2001); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cymatiinae by Wilson (1993) and Beu (2005).
Species
C. (Charonia), C. guichemerri, C. lampas (syn. C. rubicunda, Nyctilochus alfredensis, Murex gyrinoides, Septa englishi), C. multinodosa, C. sauliae, C. tritonis, C. variegata, C. weisbordi, Triton abbreviatus, Triton atavus, Triton buccinoides, Triton connectens, Triton crassidens, Triton cribrosus, Triton heptagonum, Triton mississpiensis, Triton obscurus, Triton obscurus, Triton oligostirus, Triton ovoideus, Triton quoyi, Triton sexcostatus, Tritonium buwaldi, Tritonium centrosum, Tritonium eocenicum, Tritonium impressum, Tritonium martinezensis, Tritonium newsomi, Tritonium pulchrum
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1798 | Tritonium Röding |
| 1810 | Triton Montfort |
| 1848 | Charonia Gistel |
| 1877 | Buccinatorium Mörch p. 26 |
| 1880 | Triton (Semiranella) de Gregorio p. 99 |
| 1904 | Eutritonium Cossmann p. 123 |
| 1904 | Tritonium Martin p. 224 |
| 1967 | Charonia Abbass p. 85 |
| 1973 | Charonia Marasti p. 90 |
| 1982 | Charonia Ladd p. 41 |
| 1993 | Charonia Wilson p. 243 |
| 1998 | Charonia Lozouet p. 94 |
| 2001 | Charonia Todd |
| 2001 | Charonia Wienrich p. 438 |
| 2002 | Charonia Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Charonia Beu p. 71 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Charonia Gistel 1848 [triton]
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Subg. Charonia (Charonia) Gistel 1848
†Charonia guichemerri Lozouet 1998
Charonia lampas Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Charonia rubicunda Perry 1811 [synonym], Murex gyrinoides Brocchi 1814 [synonym], Nyctilochus alfredensis Bartsch 1915 [synonym], Septa englishi Newton 1905 [synonym]
†Charonia multinodosa Traub 1979
Charonia sauliae Reeve 1844
Charonia tritonis Linnaeus 1758
Charonia variegata Lamarck 1816
†Charonia weisbordi Gibson-Smith 1976
Invalid names: Buccinatorium Mörch 1877 [synonym], Eutritonium Cossmann 1904 [synonym], Semiranella de Gregorio 1880 [synonym], Triton Montfort 1810 [synonym], Tritonium Röding 1798 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Holocene or 130.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.45 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.45 Ma
Collections (90 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Barremian | France (Drôme) | Triton urgonense (177726) | |
| Aptian | France | Triton urgonense (2178) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | USA (Arizona) | Charonia kanabense (53401) | |
| Early/Lower Turonian | USA (Arizona) | Charonia soozi (55889) | |
| Middle Turonian | USA (Arizona) | Charonia soozi (53504) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Tennessee) | Tritonium univaricosum (88357) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (Tennessee) | Charonia univaricosum (7515) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (Tennessee) | Charonia univaricosum (205445) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Alabama) | Eutritonium sp. (4193 4197 4207) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Poland | Charonia multicostata (27818 27819 27822) | |
| Danian | Austria (Niederösterreich) | Tritonium fenestratum (87001) | |
| Danian | Denmark | Tritonium sp. (89866) | |
| Danian | Egypt | Triton tuberculosum (86950) | |
| Danian - Selandian | USA (Alabama) | Triton showalteri (35081) | |
| Danian - Selandian | Egypt | Triton sp., Triton chalmasi, Triton farafrense (87000) | |
| Paleocene | Austria (Salzburg) | Charonia multinodosa (84335) | |
| Paleocene | USA (California) | Tritonium buwaldi (190798) Tritonium impressum, Tritonium eocenicum (190773) Tritonium martinezensis (190778 190779 190786) Tritonium pulchrum (190775) | |
| Paleocene | Poland | Charonia antiqua (3112) | |
| Thanetian | USA (California) | Neptunea pulchra (52612 52613) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | Pakistan | Eutritonium permutabile (77287) | |
| Lutetian | Egypt | Charonia yehiai (2955) | |
| Middle Eocene | Mexico (Baja California Sur) | Tritonium sp. (43753) | |
| Middle Eocene | Indonesia | Charonia billegondae (79524) | |
| Bartonian | France (Oise) | Eutritonium scabriusculum (3494) | |
| Priabonian | Italy | Charonia triamans, Charonia rossii (78565) | |
| Rupelian | USA (Mississippi) | Triton mississippiensis, Triton crassidens, Triton abbreviatus (84137) | |
| Chattian | Denmark (Jylland) | Charonia flandrica (9170) | |
| Aquitanian | France (Aquitaine) | Charonia guichemerri (74865) | |
| Aquitanian | France | Charonia ventricosa (74861) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Dominican Republic | Charonia lampas (92450) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | India | Charonia davidsoni (78641) | |
| Burdigalian | France | Charonia ventricosa (74868) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Maryland) | Bursa centrosa (55396) Tritonium centrosum (57782) | |
| Serravallian - Tortonian | Italy | Charonia lampas (191624) | |
| Badenian | Belgium | Charonia tarbelliana (95167) | |
| Badenian | Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) | Charonia nodifera (38823) | |
| Tortonian | Turkey | Charonia stefaninii (179778) | |
| Tortonian | Italy | Charonia nodifera (78437) | |
| Tortonian | Dominican Republic | Charonia variegata (94093) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Australia (South Australia) | Charonia armata (63431 63432 63433 63434 63436 63438 63442 63443) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Indonesia (Kalimantan) | Charonia fennemai (42289) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Japan | Charonia sauliae (52117 52124) Charonia sp. (89171) | |
| Messinian | Japan | Charonia sauliae (161785) | |
| Messinian | Dominican Republic | Charonia variegata (84965 89564 131659) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Dominican Republic | Charonia lampas, Charonia variegata (75036) Charonia variegata (75038) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Venezuela (Sucre) | Charonia sp. (41541) | |
| Zanclean | Dominican Republic | Charonia variegata (74968 80084 80136) | |
| Zanclean | United Kingdom (England) | Triton heptagonum (84763) | |
| Pliocene | Vanuatu | Tritonium chlorostomus (77904) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Venezuela | Charonia lampas (131210 131217) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Costa Rica | Charonia variegata (92575 92697 96519) | |
| Piacenzian | Spain | Charonia lampas (80562) | |
| Gelasian | United Kingdom (England) | Triton connectens (84757) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Costa Rica | Charonia variegata (91911) | |
| Pleistocene | Vanuatu | Charonia tritonis (78046) | |
| Pleistocene | South Africa | Charonia pustulata (122940) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Portugal | Charonia lampas (122244) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Hawaii) | Charonia triton (89289) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain (Canary Islands) | Charonia nodifera (92710) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain | Charonia nodifera (127358) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Djibouti | Tritonium beccari, Tritonium maculosus, Tritonium obscurus (96787) | |
| Holocene | Turks and Caicos Islands | Charonia variegata (209855) |